yeah I'd have to agree, the carbon shaft was probly nicked or defective and couldn't handle the poundage/pressure of the bow and broke/shattered whatever. can you imagine if that happened while way up in a tree stand. overdraws are one reason I switched to mechanical heads, too easy to slice a finger/bowstring ( I've seen more than one person slice their left index finger overdrawing a fixed blade) or god forbid fall on your quiver.
I have never been happier to be a broke sob and have to shoot aluminum than after seeing that pic and reading your stories... LOL
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I've been shooting aluminum since I was a boy....doesn't bother me a bit. I've never been the guy that fights the chrono all day just to get a few more fps faster. In 99% of the hunting situations I find myself in, the few extra fps isn't going to do me much good.....but I also have no intentions of shooting at an animal at over 40 yards with my bow. The first deer I killed with archery equipment was a 41 yard shot with a High Country set at ~50 lbs with aluminum arrows and I was only 12-13 years old. If I can't do the same thing, ten years later and with a 70 lbs draw bow...I reckon I ought not be in the woods with a stick and string, carbon or aluminum shafts. The old adage applies though, "Different strokes for different folks."
I started shooting bows befre carbons were invented, the main reason I switched was carbon will flex/bend and come back to original shape aluminium will not. the fact that they are lighter faster is just a bonus
ditto here. I like the fact that the carbon arrows don't "bend". The Easton XX75's are nice, but they have a tendency to get bent if they hit something pretty solid, where the carbons don't.
